Now it's time to give these weird sounds the credit they deserved.
It's amazing; just LOOK WHAT I HAVE FOUND in thrift stores, second hand markets and sometimes even IN THE TRASH CAN.
Thanks to CD I was able to save these unusual tunes on 45 rpm 7" records. It's obvious that these 45s have been played a lot, so surface noice is almost obligatory. No hi-tek cd quality, but just back to the times where no one had ever heard of digital recording studios.
All the songs on these compilations are from the original 45 rpm records released prior to 1980 when CD took over the world of warm vinyl sounds. I've tried to exclude any song that's been compiled before, but as I don't own each and every compilation album ever made, there might be some songs that you already own on another compilation album. Look, listen and enjoy...
LABEL: In The Trash Can Records
CAT # : GARBAGE34
Subtitle: Night Owl - 16 dancing tunes for creatures of the night
Another volume overpacked with fearful euro-beat songs and an occasional US band all mixed with lesser known soul suckers. If you can survive these night creatures, you probably won't need a heart transplantation...
(Verve VK-10604 from 1968)
The three versions I have of �Night owl� are all excellents soul tunes, but Howard Tate�s recordings has got that special touch. And the arrangements are special as well. Don�t forget he worked together with the fantastic Bill Doggett.
2. pure soul - the packers
(Ronnex R.1445 )
This is pure soul indeed! A super discotheque dancefloor filling instrumental tune on a Belgian label.
3. psychedelic soul - chylds
(Warner Bros. 7095 from 1967)
The year of psychedelia 1967 also reached the black community of soul amateurs, including this band called Chylds with their second and last 45 for Warner Bros. Their first 45 �Hay girl� was released on Giant, but was reissued on Warner Bros, also in 1967.
4. goin' to a happening - tommy neal
(Vocalion V-L.9290 from 1968 ; in US on Vault)
Get ready, work on the swing, we�re goin� to a happening; that�s what Tommy Neal is singing, simple but effective as everywhere I pass this song nobody can
5. resurrection shuffle - misty
(Princess 100 )
A very bizarre version by this girl called Misty. The original version is super and most people know also the Tom Jones cover version; wait until you hear this one: it�ll fry your brains! It sounds like early 70s.
6. think - vicki anderson
(King K-45-12315 from 1967)
With the help of James Brown himself. No, this is not the Aretha Franklin hit
7. lovemachine - the politicians
(Hot Wax HWX 114 from 1971)
Fine fat funk from one of the best labels from the early 70s, well if you�re a lover of black music. No vocals here; it�s perfect the way it is
8. that's what happens - howard tate
(Jad JAD9-Y �7.)
Another fabulous funky platter. Howard�s sexy voice and cool looks (just look at the sleeve) weren�t good enough though as he never had a real hit record. He released lots of 45s on labels such as Verve, Utopia, Epic, Atlantic and Turntable, but this is the only one I know on the Jad label, which still is unknown to me.
9. do the uptight - ross d wyllie
(A&M 210 087 �6.)
One of the best fast boogaloo tunes ever and completely unknown. Nevertheless it was released on a major label. I wonder if he�s the same guy as Richard Popcorn Wylie who also showed up in Popcorn & Mohawks. Deejays: this is party music! I�m sure King Khan has heard this song years ago and then started his own band.
10. the frog - donato
(Path� Marconi 2C006-92075 �7.)
Another funky instrumental flick from the gutter. If this song wasn�t already used for an early 70s police movie soundtrack, the movie should have been made especially for this song. Yeah, I know, the sleeve is awful, but the sound is super!
11. come now - the troggs
(Page One S.143 from 1970)
Maybe the best non-hit by The Troggs who were helped on this recording by a mysterious young seductress inviting us to touch her �touche-moi, tu dois me toucher, embrasse-moi� baise-moi� and so on. This is certainly the sexiest song The Troggs ever made.
12. be a sect maniac - downliners sect
(Columbia DB7300 from 1964)
The b�side of their first 45 and so far I haven�t found it on a compilation. Ultra fast & furious pre-Medway punk beat. No wonder that Billy Childish tried to reproduce this wildness, first as the Pop Rivets, The Milkshakes and then as Thee Mighty Caesars. But as Thee Headcoats he invited Downliners Sect�s Don Craine to record an album as Thee Headcoats Sect. I am a Sect maniac!
13. i like it - neil christian
(Riviera 121.061 from 1965; in UK on Strike)
A thunderous bass rumbles throughout the fuzz guitar licks while a staccato piano is resisting but losing the fight against the guitar and bass. �That�s nice�, the a-side, already appeared on at least one compilation.
14. russian spy and i - the hunters
(RCA-Victor 47-9656 )
The gimmick of the Slavian atmosphere works perfectly as I could witness while I was playing this song on Mod festivals. Even the stiffest statue had his arms crossed and was trying to a Russian dancer.
15. out of sight - cannibal & the headhunters
(Rampart 654 from 1966)
East-LA here we come! One of the best bands from LA in 1966 with this boogaloo mayhem. If I�m right, this was their first or second 45 by Frankie �Cannibal� Garcia who had a minor hit with their rendition of �Land of 1000 dances�. The Cannibal rules!!!!
16. heart transplantation - the dragons
(Palette PB27.053 from 1970)
A very rare Belgian release with a picture sleeve. A true mod classic which may have been reissued before on a compilation, but I�ve never heard of such a comp. It�s a song about the first heart transplantation by Doctor Barnard in 1968. After a short break the song continues and it ends with the announcement that the patient of the second heart transplantation also died in 1969.
